[Intro]
G D A Bm
[Strophe]
G                            D 
 People like you always want back  
                    A 
The love they gave away 
                           Bm 
And people like me wanna believe you  
                       G 
When you say you cha-a-anged 
                          D 
The more I think about it now  
                 A 
The less I kno-o-ow 
                       Bm 
All I know is that you drove us  
    N.C 
Off the road
[Pre-Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) Hey 
                     D 
All you had to do was, stay 
                           A 
Had me in the palm of your hand 
                               Bm                 A 
Then, why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
[Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) Hey 
                       D 
Now you say you want it, back 
                       A 
Now that it's just too late 
                           Bm 
Well, it could've been easy 
               A           G 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                           D 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                           A 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                           Bm 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
               A 
All you had to do was stay 
[Strophe]
G                             D 
 Here you are now, calling me up  
                         A 
But I don't know what to say 
                         Bm 
I've been picking up the pieces  
       A            G 
Of the mess you made 
                            D 
People like you always want back  
                      A 
The love they pushed aside 
                            Bm* N.C. 
But people like me are gone forever 
  
When you say goodbye
[Pre-Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) hey 
                     D 
All you had to do was, stay 
                           A 
Had me in the palm of your hand 
                               Bm                 A 
Then, why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
[Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) Hey 
                       D 
Now you say you want it, back 
                       A 
Now that it's just too late 
                           Bm 
Well, it could've been easy 
               A           G 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                           D 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                           A 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                      Bm 
All you had to do was (stay! stay! stay! stay! stay!) 
[Pont]
Bm 
 Let me remind you  
G        D        A           Bm 
This was what you wanted (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)  
    A 
You ended it 
G         D     A          Bm 
You were all I wanted (oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)   
     A            G* 
But not like this 
         D*    A* 
Not like this 
             Bm* 
Not like this 
    N.C 
Oh, all you had to do was
[Pre-Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) hey 
                     D 
All you had to do was, stay 
                           A 
Had me in the palm of your hand 
                               Bm                 A 
Then, why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
[Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) Hey 
                       D 
Now you say you want it, back 
                       A 
Now that it's just too late 
                           Bm 
Well, it could've been easy 
               A 
All you had to do was
[Pre-Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) Hey 
                     D 
All you had to do was, stay 
                           A 
Had me in the palm of your hand 
                               Bm                 A 
Then, why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
[Refrain]
G 
(Stay!) Hey 
                       D 
Now you say you want it, back 
                       A 
Now that it's just too late 
                           Bm 
Well, it could've been easy 
               A           G 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                           D 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                           A 
All you had to do was (stay!) 
                         Bm 
All you had to do was (stay!)(Ooh)  
               A*      A* 
All you had to do was (stay!)